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@johnnie.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Critic for The Wee Review. I like live comedy a bit too much, and Doctor Who exactly the right amount. Not nearly as English as my accent implies. Trans women […]
[bridged from https://mastodon.social/@johnnie on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
[bridged from https://mastodon.social/@johnnie on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
Harrison Ford has done some good stuff, but I honestly think #shrinking may be the performance of his career. Such a good show, and he is magnificent. (I'm not saying it's better than Empire, obviously, I'm not insane, but you get where I'm coming from)
February 19, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Harrison Ford has done some good stuff, but I honestly think #shrinking may be the performance of his career. Such a good show, and he is magnificent. (I'm not saying it's better than Empire, obviously, I'm not insane, but you get where I'm coming from)
I now officially own a teenager. God I feel old. Happy Birthday to The Child.
February 13, 2026 at 8:18 AM
I now officially own a teenager. God I feel old. Happy Birthday to The Child.
Well, it happened. The Child asked for help with homework. It was trigonometry. And - oh God the shame of it - I had to look it up. Dammit Johnnie, you knew this was coming! You've trained for this! You only get one First Trig Homework and you blew it. Now she's going to be in therapy and it's […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
January 27, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Well, it happened. The Child asked for help with homework. It was trigonometry. And - oh God the shame of it - I had to look it up. Dammit Johnnie, you knew this was coming! You've trained for this! You only get one First Trig Homework and you blew it. Now she's going to be in therapy and it's […]
RE: https://mastodon.social/@johnnie/112734486956999764
Well this has aged like fucking milk. What a stupidly naive doe-eyed little child I was in - checks notes - 2024?! Oh good god.
Well this has aged like fucking milk. What a stupidly naive doe-eyed little child I was in - checks notes - 2024?! Oh good god.
mastodon.social
December 28, 2025 at 1:09 AM
RE: https://mastodon.social/@johnnie/112734486956999764
Well this has aged like fucking milk. What a stupidly naive doe-eyed little child I was in - checks notes - 2024?! Oh good god.
Well this has aged like fucking milk. What a stupidly naive doe-eyed little child I was in - checks notes - 2024?! Oh good god.
[Ukpol, Christmas miracle]
Seems like the one thing that's uniting me and my right wing boomer relatives this Christmas is that Wes Streeting can absolutely fuck right off.
Seems like the one thing that's uniting me and my right wing boomer relatives this Christmas is that Wes Streeting can absolutely fuck right off.
December 25, 2025 at 12:51 AM
[Ukpol, Christmas miracle]
Seems like the one thing that's uniting me and my right wing boomer relatives this Christmas is that Wes Streeting can absolutely fuck right off.
Seems like the one thing that's uniting me and my right wing boomer relatives this Christmas is that Wes Streeting can absolutely fuck right off.
Right then. It's officially Christmas (at least in my timezone). I'm off to bed, and then tomorrow I will eat an amount of food that comes with a Surgeon General's warning, and imbibe enough alcohol that I will be unable to be legally sold in the EU without a label that reads "WARNING […]
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mastodon.social
December 25, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Right then. It's officially Christmas (at least in my timezone). I'm off to bed, and then tomorrow I will eat an amount of food that comes with a Surgeon General's warning, and imbibe enough alcohol that I will be unable to be legally sold in the EU without a label that reads "WARNING […]
[Politics, world news, Russia / Ukraine]
Hmm I dunno. Feels kind of like the actual dictionary definition of "pretty goddam precedented" to me.
Hmm I dunno. Feels kind of like the actual dictionary definition of "pretty goddam precedented" to me.
December 19, 2025 at 5:33 PM
[Politics, world news, Russia / Ukraine]
Hmm I dunno. Feels kind of like the actual dictionary definition of "pretty goddam precedented" to me.
Hmm I dunno. Feels kind of like the actual dictionary definition of "pretty goddam precedented" to me.
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As somebody with an unusual #name (which I changed by #deedpoll), I'll occasionally hear people ask loaded questions like "Yeah, but what's your REAL name? The one on your #birthcertificate?" 😡
Well #fuckthehaters. As of today, my birth certificate's been retroactively updated to show my "real" […]
Well #fuckthehaters. As of today, my birth certificate's been retroactively updated to show my "real" […]
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m.danq.me
December 18, 2025 at 4:39 PM
As somebody with an unusual #name (which I changed by #deedpoll), I'll occasionally hear people ask loaded questions like "Yeah, but what's your REAL name? The one on your #birthcertificate?" 😡
Well #fuckthehaters. As of today, my birth certificate's been retroactively updated to show my "real" […]
Well #fuckthehaters. As of today, my birth certificate's been retroactively updated to show my "real" […]
Playing make-believe with my 6 year old niece. "Okay, Uncle Johnnie, you're a robot but your batteries are always really low so sometimes your brain is broken." Honey, that's 20 solid years of therapy summarised right there. What do I owe you?
December 15, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Playing make-believe with my 6 year old niece. "Okay, Uncle Johnnie, you're a robot but your batteries are always really low so sometimes your brain is broken." Honey, that's 20 solid years of therapy summarised right there. What do I owe you?
Images from previous @robinince post, with added alt text.
![I love this show and I love the audience, and it is because of the audience in particular, that this decision was so difficult to make.
I kept thinking about all the extremist voices prompting hate and division. They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness, empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer. I felt I couldn't pamper myself with the luxury of silence.
One of my many privileges is that I can resign and I can speak out.
I have thought a lot about some of my heroes; Sinead [sic] O'Connor, James Baldwin, Audre Lord, and so many more.
I think of Sinead's words, "The job of an artist is to be themselves at any cost".
James Baldwin has said prejudice was really just a word for cowardice.
And Audre Lorde, viewing her life, wrote that her only regrets were her silences.
I think of my father as I resign, he brought me up to believe in fairness, in kindness and in justice.
Though my heart is broken, it is also full of fire.
I apologise to our incredible listeners for my departure, your love of the show means a great deal.
I am so sorry to let you down.
I hope that you can understand my reasoning.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bvh2pxwoaj6lpvqobunvy3av/bafkreicwk33hibtmvdst3gmahetls4saher3wfkephskr7jqfiml777nzm@jpeg)
December 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Images from previous @robinince post, with added alt text.
Two gun-based atrocities within hours of each other. When the news sites have to make a decision as to which horror is the more objectively awful (and therefore gets to lead), the world really does feel unbearable. Talking to The Child about it, and her quite reasonable question is "but what […]
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mastodon.social
December 14, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Two gun-based atrocities within hours of each other. When the news sites have to make a decision as to which horror is the more objectively awful (and therefore gets to lead), the world really does feel unbearable. Talking to The Child about it, and her quite reasonable question is "but what […]
Holy shit, @pluralistic on The Daily Show! Nice.
December 10, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Holy shit, @pluralistic on The Daily Show! Nice.
The Child, discussing classic Yuletide literature with her friend:
"Who is Scrooge?"
"You know, from the story."
"What story?"
"You know. Like the Grinch except he's not a Furry."
"Oh yeah, that one."
"Who is Scrooge?"
"You know, from the story."
"What story?"
"You know. Like the Grinch except he's not a Furry."
"Oh yeah, that one."
December 8, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The Child, discussing classic Yuletide literature with her friend:
"Who is Scrooge?"
"You know, from the story."
"What story?"
"You know. Like the Grinch except he's not a Furry."
"Oh yeah, that one."
"Who is Scrooge?"
"You know, from the story."
"What story?"
"You know. Like the Grinch except he's not a Furry."
"Oh yeah, that one."
I really shouldn't watch back-to-back Ted Lasso when I'm depressed ... but it's either that or Bojack Horseman and we all know how that ends. Lesser of two evils.
November 5, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I really shouldn't watch back-to-back Ted Lasso when I'm depressed ... but it's either that or Bojack Horseman and we all know how that ends. Lesser of two evils.
The Andrew Formerly Known As Prince. Just wanted to get that out there on the very very low chance that I'm the first person to think of it, cos it popped into my head in the shower and made me giggle for 5 minutes straight.
November 1, 2025 at 12:36 PM
The Andrew Formerly Known As Prince. Just wanted to get that out there on the very very low chance that I'm the first person to think of it, cos it popped into my head in the shower and made me giggle for 5 minutes straight.
"Thriller", in #scots https://youtu.be/evq39SOAVg0 This really made me smile. Happy #halloween everyone. #scotland #ScotsLeid
October 31, 2025 at 9:03 PM
"Thriller", in #scots https://youtu.be/evq39SOAVg0 This really made me smile. Happy #halloween everyone. #scotland #ScotsLeid
Some days it's hard to keep positive. I try, but honestly I despair. What's happened to the world? When will the madness end?
October 19, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Some days it's hard to keep positive. I try, but honestly I despair. What's happened to the world? When will the madness end?
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Wait fucking Badenoch says her favourite author is *Terry Pratchett*?
JFC none of these fucking chuds have anything more than the very thinnest surface-level understanding of any media they've ever encountered do they?
Or she's just lying
JFC none of these fucking chuds have anything more than the very thinnest surface-level understanding of any media they've ever encountered do they?
Or she's just lying
October 8, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Wait fucking Badenoch says her favourite author is *Terry Pratchett*?
JFC none of these fucking chuds have anything more than the very thinnest surface-level understanding of any media they've ever encountered do they?
Or she's just lying
JFC none of these fucking chuds have anything more than the very thinnest surface-level understanding of any media they've ever encountered do they?
Or she's just lying
[Linux, filesystem, pain]
Increasingly convinced that btrfs is more trouble than it's worth :-(
Increasingly convinced that btrfs is more trouble than it's worth :-(
October 5, 2025 at 8:53 PM
[Linux, filesystem, pain]
Increasingly convinced that btrfs is more trouble than it's worth :-(
Increasingly convinced that btrfs is more trouble than it's worth :-(
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If you hold Immigrants to a higher standard than you hold to your own people, that's a Racism
#immigration #homesecretary #ukpol #ukpolitics #whiteness #racism
#immigration #homesecretary #ukpol #ukpolitics #whiteness #racism
September 29, 2025 at 6:13 PM
If you hold Immigrants to a higher standard than you hold to your own people, that's a Racism
#immigration #homesecretary #ukpol #ukpolitics #whiteness #racism
#immigration #homesecretary #ukpol #ukpolitics #whiteness #racism
This is a *Labour* Home Secretary. I feel like I'm living in a parallel fucking universe.
September 29, 2025 at 6:28 PM
This is a *Labour* Home Secretary. I feel like I'm living in a parallel fucking universe.
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Starmer to introduce digital ID cards. You just know it’ll be used to out trans people as well as the stated purpose of harassing anyone who doesn’t look white enough. Starmer to announce plans for digital ID scheme https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g54g6vgpdo
Keir Starmer to announce plans for digital ID scheme
The prime minister believes a new scheme would help crack down on illegal working in the UK.
www.bbc.com
September 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Starmer to introduce digital ID cards. You just know it’ll be used to out trans people as well as the stated purpose of harassing anyone who doesn’t look white enough. Starmer to announce plans for digital ID scheme https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g54g6vgpdo
September 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The Child: "Dad, have you heard of a game called Magic: The Gathering?"
Me (forcing jovial tone even though all my muscles have gone rigid): Why do you ask?
TC: Some of the kids at school are playing it, and it looked good, and I thought it sounded like the sort of game you might play.
Me […]
Me (forcing jovial tone even though all my muscles have gone rigid): Why do you ask?
TC: Some of the kids at school are playing it, and it looked good, and I thought it sounded like the sort of game you might play.
Me […]
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mastodon.social
September 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM
The Child: "Dad, have you heard of a game called Magic: The Gathering?"
Me (forcing jovial tone even though all my muscles have gone rigid): Why do you ask?
TC: Some of the kids at school are playing it, and it looked good, and I thought it sounded like the sort of game you might play.
Me […]
Me (forcing jovial tone even though all my muscles have gone rigid): Why do you ask?
TC: Some of the kids at school are playing it, and it looked good, and I thought it sounded like the sort of game you might play.
Me […]
